4 Years In Germany, What Have We Learned??
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- We spent 4 amazing years in Germany. Of course, sometimes it wasn't so great, but plenty of times it was fantastic. With our return to the USA fast approaching, it is time for some reflection. What have we learned in our time here? What will we never forget??
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Hallo !!! My driving expirience is vice versa. I'm driving manual for 37years, but my company has got a new car with automatic. And so I haveto try driving automatic for the first time - and YES I did the great mistake once - using the left leg . fortunally the speed was 5-6 km/h, so it wasn't too bad😊 And after driving two- or threetimkes - I love automatic driving
I personally prefer manual cars aswell. it gives you the feeling of more control!
Congratulation to pass the exam. It is sad that you will leaving Germany but all the best for the future in the US.
Vielen herzlichen Dank!
Klasse Video! Und herzlichen Glückwunsch zum super bestandenen Lehrerexamen! 😃👍
Inhaltlich gibt es bei diesem Video große Ähnlichkeit zu einer ganzen "Serie" von 'What Germany has taught me'-Videos diverser anderer Expat-UA-camr. Ich habe dadurch gelernt Deutschland mit anderen Augen zu sehen und Vieles an meiner Heimat jetzt besser zu schätzen als vorher!
Du kannst stolz sein auf deine Leistung, dein Examen, vor allem mit der Abschlussnote 1! Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Ellie! Ich wünsche euch Beiden alles Gute und viel Glück auf eurem weiteren Weg! Ich bin gespannt, was ihr so als nächstes machen werdet.
Danke sehr! Wir sind auch gespannt!
Hi,thank you for posting these videos.I'm in the process of figuring out how to move back to the States.I think as Ellie mentioned in her moving back video something about you could only really understand it after moving to Germany for an extended amount of time.The ideas and opinions you expressed really have made my day better now knowing that I am not alone in sharing a lot of theses same sentiments. I personally have had enough of the bureaucracy and the general feeling that you are not welcome as an American expat in the system even though there are lot's of people who are not doing what's required.It's not designed for American expats that's for sure...That's just my experience.
@3:33 Public transport is a mess if mobility is key.
American here and have been driving manual cars exclusively since I was in college. The options are limited, but they do exist if you look for them.
My dad also loves manuals! We will be looking hard- already found two, hoping to take a look at one of them when we get back to the US
@@EllieandLucas Yeah, I'm probably your dad's age! Good luck and happy driving!
Congrats on your passed exam! We always enjoy participating in your experiences. Since we have travelled through the US several times we are very interested in the cultural differences and similarities. By the way: I saw you last week accidentally in your beautiful car at the Stadtwald Post office. I was inside my car, no chance to say hello.
That is funny! Hello to you as well! Were we carrying a big box? 😂 And yes, our very *beautiful* car
It is a great pity that you are leaving Germany. But the fact that you take so many impressions with you is a great experience. Try to keep this as long as possible, even if it becomes more difficult with the years. I speak from my own experience. But cute how you teased each other about the bread. But there are supposed to be a lot of German-born bakeries in the US, too. Maybe you have luck.
We will have to look for the bakeries! Now this is like a treasure hunt
Ein sehr ehrliches Video, das hat mich durchaus nachdenklich gemacht. Es tut mir wirklich leid das die Lehrerfahrung in Deutsch so belastend war. Ich kann das gut nachvollziehen, Schüler spüren es leider sehr schnell wenn ein Lehrer (noch) unsicher ist. ich könnte mir vorstellen das Du Dich an einer International School als Einstieg viel wohler gefühlt hättest. Mit etwas mehr Erfahrung kann man auch als Nicht Muttersprachler sehr gut Deutsch lehren, Kinder wissen engagierte und leidenschaftliche Lehrer sehr zu schätzen. Wirklich schade denn ich glaube diese Erfahrung hat großen Einfluss auf Deine Entscheidung gehabt Deutschland zu verlassen.
Wir Deutschen kritisieren sehr gern und viel, liegt vielleicht auch daran das wir nur sehr schwer mit Lob und Stolz auf etwas Erreichtes umgehen können 😉 natürlich empfinde ich es als Deutsche nicht als so gravierend und da hat mir Dein Statement ein wenig Material zum Nachdenken gegeben. Ich wünsche Euch alles Gute für ein sanftes Landen in der Heimat.
Maybe you are interested in doing a video about the topic: Have you thought about staying in Germany, why do you return to America, is coming back here an option for you later? I think it would be interesting for many viewers to see your perspective on in which country you personally would prefer to live after having lived in a country with public health care, 5 weeks paid vacation leave on average, paid sick leave on top of that for as long as you are sick, 14 months paid maternity leave, no at-will employment, free universities, basically no gun crime, public transport, strong renter protection, and so on. Are these policies something that you personally would find benefitial to have for your life or do you prefer what the US has to offer, and if the latter than what is that for you?
I think that is a really good idea, I will mention it to Lucas!
...and the best part about manual shift is: When your battery is dead and the car won't start. Put in second gear, turn the key on and push the car a few meters and then let the clutch come out so the motor turns the car on like in old times with a clutch handle.
You cannot do that with automatic shift. If the battery is dead you're fucked.
You guys are so cute so suess so suess zusammen!!!
I enjoyed hearing what you both had learned while living in Germany. you both will never forget your time in Germany for sure. Trust me you will miss the heck out of Germany more and more as the years go by, trust me :). Eat as much spaghetti eis as you can lol lol !!!!!
I know! We will be sure to stock up on Spaghetti Eis before we leave!
@@EllieandLucas lol lol
9:47 Komme ich auch hin! Hab 42-Stunden im regulären Job und nochmals 30 in meinen Nebenjobs...
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur 1!! Gar nicht so einfach.
There was a time when I thought driving a manual car was great, but it really is a lot safer to drive a car with automatic. You can concentrate more on your driving, and you don‘t have to take your hand off the steering wheel. Of course, if you belong to the class of drivers (German and American) who think that one-handed driving is OK, that argument won‘t hold water with you!🚙
We find that we are forced to be more alert when driving a manual- you can't go on autopilot, unless on the autobahn!
I do love manual cars, but I've grown to prefer automatic cars as well. My reason is actually comfort. They've added multiple traffic lights on my way to work, that were not so well timed with each other (construction work). With modern cars it usually turns into a shifting nightmare, all the way up to 6th gear.
So the lights turns green: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th and than you immediately meet the next red traffic light. And start all over again. This was less of a problem with older cars, as I would propably only run them on 3rd gear through a 50km/h-zone anyway, due to different designed gearbox-geometry and weaker engines at lower rpms. Modern manual cars allow you to run them at highest gear as possible, this way you save fuel. But manually shifting up to 6th gear like 20 times in 10 minutes (ok, it's an exaggeration) became annoying for me after some time. At the same time automatic cars became much better, due to more efficient technology, less fuel consumption (still worse than a manual, sure), better shifting behavior, smoother driving and more reliability.
And some technologies do allow you to force shift your automatic as well, if you like. Mine allows to switch between gears through shift paddles on my steering wheel for example. So they can give you some fun as well. But I almost never use this feature to be honest.
Yeah, loving Mett ... that is very German
I think you are the first US UA-camrs to like Mett. Many other expats didn't even want to try it.
Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten 😂
We love Mett! Always got to try something new!
I am German and the directness and the lack of sensitivity here bugs me a lot. I think some people just have not learned how to be friendly.
A perfect country would be American friendliness with German bread.
We will join you there! That sounds lovely!
i think many people mixup directness and rudeness... i like that people here are honest and direct,..american friendliness always feels fake,..
You can bake your own "german bread" in the US. It`s easy to make it!
We would love some lessons!
@@EllieandLucas get a german Bread Baking Book, so you can hold your german propper too.
@@EllieandLucas or take it from websites in german. you must it only change in the US measuring system.
Why return to the States? Good luck guys.
You will see on Sunday!
@@EllieandLucas ok 😁
"Who comes to Germany and eats the crap". Very funny!
What i really liked in Germany was brotwurst and beer.
You still haven’t said why you’re leaving Germany 🇩🇪 and moving to the USA 🇺🇸. Is it more expensive to live in 🇩🇪 then 🇺🇸? One other thing- have you tried bread made in France 🇫🇷? It’s got a buttery taste to it and it’s sold in American grocery stores. It actually is made in 🇫🇷 and it’s very expensive. Where you settling in 🇺🇸? Did I ask too many???’s ? Okay, see you in about 2 or 3 weeks when you produce your next video. I still miss Garmisch. Auf Wiedersehen, Comrades.
Garmisch!!! 🥰 More coming up soon!
Regarding criticism: if you mess up, it's crap. If you put sugar on top and bottom, it's still crap. Does it really help if you wrap crap sweetly or isn't it much better to name the mistake and at the same time show a way how it could be done better. This "German" direct approach may seem hurtful and disconcerting to many Americans, but it is the basis of our success. Anyone can sprinkle sugar over something, but that doesn't mean that a mistake becomes a success.
Didn't you learn German? No mention of it at all.
I mean sure, but I knew German before I came to Germany, and bettered it. We also did not mention diving or climbing the Zugspitze, which also were some successes. Here, as I mentioned in the last minute of the video, this was more about things about ourselves that we learned
Ja geil! Menschen ohne Kinder bekommen 4 Wochen am Stück Urlaub, während Eltern mit schulpflichtigen Kindern regelrecht um ein paar Tage Urlaub betteln müssen!
Please be careful eating raw meat in USA ! They don t have the regulations there to do so and stay healthy !
I agree
More open minded,tryed gluwine. WOOW
I'm sorry, there are more things that we have tried outside of Glühwein, but we did not think it would be worth it to list all of the examples for one point. We suggest watching more of our videos to see what we have tried and where we have been. Thank you.